LOS ANGELES | Wilshire Grand Development | 1,100 FT | 73 FLOORS | U/C

[mdiederi]

Originally Posted by sw5710

Does someone out there has the answer to this. The Aon building and Wilshire grand start there building heights from nearly the same elevation contour 280' The 0' Elevation for the Wilshire grand is at 278' as per past diagrams' The SSP diagram shows it to have these Elevations. The roof or pool area is at 934'and Spire to 1,100' This picture looks like the roof or pool area is below the 858' top of the AON.

Helicopter view skews the perspective.

[sw5710]

Originally Posted by mdiederi

Helicopter view skews the perspective.

I can believe that. Some believe the US bank building is on top of Bunker Hill. The north entrance is about 1/2 way up the hill. The main entrance is on w 5th Street at the foot of the hill at 295' elevation. This is where the 1,018' is measured from.Aon is at 280' and the Wilshire is at 278'

[NYguy]

Cool graphic, though the scale is wrong...


http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/feb/14/world-largest-concrete-pour-la-trucks-los-angeles

World's largest concrete pour: LA awaits 'ballet of construction trucks'
Wilshire Grand building will put Los Angeles back in the skyscraper business as city aims to rejuvenate its centre





February 14, 2014

There's a very special hole in the ground in downtown Los Angeles. It's the site of the future Wilshire Grand, a 73-storey building filled with offices, retail and hotel rooms that will, when it opens in 2017, be the tallest building in the city, and the eighth tallest in the country. The project – a $1.1bn (£660m) investment – will be the first major skyscraper built in the city in more than 20 years.

It's a time span that's seen the global footprint of cities expand dramatically. Hyperspeed development in places like China and the Middle East have turned practically empty land into instant city skylines boasting the tallest buildings in the world. Long an American pastime, building skyscrapers has become a global game – and LA has largely been out of it.

So it is being welcomed with great pomp that LA is once again building tall. On Saturday, the developers of the Wilshire Grand will commence the pouring of the building's foundation, a banal yet in this case highly publicised procedure that will help ensure the 1,100ft tower can withstand the seismic and wind forces that will regularly test its structural integrity.....

[losangelesnative]

HAPPY BIG POUR DAY!! ill b around tomorrrow morning to check it out

[Zapatan]

Originally Posted by NYguy

Cool graphic, though the scale is wrong...


http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/feb/14/world-largest-concrete-pour-la-trucks-los-angeles

World's largest concrete pour: LA awaits 'ballet of construction trucks'
Wilshire Grand building will put Los Angeles back in the skyscraper business as city aims to rejuvenate its centre





February 14, 2014

Way to draw empire state comically out of scale.

[supertallchaser]

ikr the crown will not even be as tall as the observation deck xD

[caligrad]

^^^ Not only are the buildings all out of scale from one another.. but they also use the old proposal for the building which was suppose to originally be at 1250ft.... somebody didn't do their research before making the article..... Journalism..... its sad when Wikipedia is more accurate.

[Zapatan]

Originally Posted by 112597jorge

it will be, but i guess its whether you believe in roof height or spire height.

I don't but there wasn't even a spire in that last rendering.

[bobcat]

Originally Posted by NYguy

There's a very special hole in the ground in downtown Los Angeles. It's the site of the future Wilshire Grand, a 73-storey building filled with offices, retail and hotel rooms that will, when it opens in 2017, be the tallest building in the city, and the eighth tallest in the country. The project – a $1.1bn (£660m) investment – will be the first major skyscraper built in the city in more than 20 years.

Gosh I feel bad for the Ritz Carlton/Marriott. Only 54 stories and relegated to the minor leagues.

[Plokoon11]

Yeah its strange how LA hasn't had any large buildings built in that long, (I mean a few like the Ritz ect.) You would of thought they would of continued to grow, same with Atlanta.

[StethJeff]

So, "The public is invited to watch the pour from a viewing area at 1000 Wilshire Boulevard" is clearly misinformation to some degree. Wedbush is currently "a secure area" for VIPs right now, a.k.a. caterers, media, men in suits, and a blonde — that pissed me off. Hopefully the area is opened up to the public once the ridiculous pomp is all wrapped up.

[mdiederi]

^^ That was that radio station that said that, and must have been just for the vip area, LA Times had a different location for the public.

Originally Posted by mdiederi

19 concrete pumps according to this article, and they are saying viewing from Wilshire and Fig sidewalks.
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-79297414/

[travanx]

We just came back from there and there is no viewing area for the general public. Everything is blocked off.

I did a little writeup about our adventure down there today, http://bwengr.com/blog/largest-continuous-concrete-pour-history/

This was the best shot we could get.

[Quixote]

Well, that's disappointing.

PS, does anyone else despise that little obelisk at the corner there? It really gets in the way.

[bobcat]

Originally Posted by Plokoon11

Yeah its strange how LA hasn't had any large buildings built in that long, (I mean a few like the Ritz ect.) You would of thought they would of continued to grow, same with Atlanta.

LA hasn't built many skyscrapers recently but there have been a number of major civic and cultural buildings constructed: Getty Center, Disney Concert Hall, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, and Staples Center, all of which have played a major role in helping to shape LA's cultural identity.

[sw5710]

I just got back. I was there from 3Pm till 5:30PM The pour started at 5PM There were 2 trucks per station.I found the best view was on 7th Street where you could look down some into the pit. Pumps stations 1-4 were here.

[StethJeff]

The bustling activity around the site is sort of neat but standing out there across the street where the pit isn't visible at all was sort of a waste of time.

[Double L]

It will be weird to see Los Angeles, without its tallest building in the center of the skyline.

[BrandonJXN]

Originally Posted by Quixote

Well, that's disappointing.

PS, does anyone else despise that little obelisk at the corner there? It really gets in the way.

You mean 'Prime Matter?' That thing is cool. It catches on fire from time to time.

[kelbeen]

Originally Posted by Double L

It will be weird to see Los Angeles, without its tallest building in the center of the skyline.

I can promise you the Wilshire Grand will rise in the exact center of this photo.


Los Angeles, California by Kelifornia, on Flickr

The blue modern skyscraper in the furthest right, Ritz Carlton, has extended the Los Angeles skyline to the south/west so the tallest is not really in the center anymore. Right now there is not a huge cluster of skyscrapers on the right side of the photo (South Park), but soon the area will be filled with 21st century high rises and skyscrapers: Onni's 32-story building, 4 Metropolis towers (19, 38, 50, 60 stories?), Fig Central (54, 40 stories?), 4 more buildings by Onni (one up to 50 stories), South Fig (two 36-stories). And those buildings were only announced or revived 2012-2013 when the economy just picked back up. Who knows what skyscrapers will be planned this year?